Amidst the NBC late-night line-up controversy, Conan O’Brien has released an official statement explaining his position on the matter.

Earlier this week NBC announced the cancellation of Jay Leno’s show in order to move it to a later time slot.

Conan says:

People of Earth:

In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.

Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.

But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.

Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.

So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.

There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.

There has been much speculation as to what will happen with Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon, and even Carson Daly.  Let’s wait and see how it all plays out…

Gretchen Bleiler, originally a midwestern girl, discovered her snowboarding skills after moving to Aspen at the age of 10.   Her mountain-climbing, avalanche-dodging days turned her into the Olympic Snowboard Silver Medalist, and three-time X Games Half-Pipe Gold Medalist we see today.

Bleiler stopped by ‘The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien’ where she talked about ‘Stale Fish’, her infamous fall at this year’s X Games and the 2010 Winter Olympics.  Stand-up comic Norm MacDonald was also on the show which made the interview all the more interesting! You can check out the skills on Bleiler at this years U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix on NBC December 13th.

Check out Gretchen’s hilarious interview below!

For more fun facts about this kick-ass snowboardin’ chick visit: http://www.gretchenbleiler.com/

Conon O’Brien fell and was knocked unconscious while racing Teri Hatcher on The Tonight Show Friday night. Well, last night Conan shared with us his slippery fall.

Conan tells us it’s OK to laugh now that everything alright. And yes, although there is that moment of “Holy S**T! Is he alright?” the clip is hilarious, so laugh. Don’t feel bad, it’s Conan O’Brien for goodness sakes, everything he does is hilarious.

Jonah Hill recently went on the Late Show with Conan O’Brien as well as the Tonight Show with David Letterman to promote his new Judd Apatow directed film, Funny People.

He talks about P. Diddy, holding P. Diddy’s hand, his Twitter imposter, and more in the interviews below, and trust me when I say that both are definitely worth watching!!

Check out the hilarity below:

Gerard Butler stopped by The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien to promote his new movie The Ugly Truth. Of course it didn’t take long for the conversation to be switch from the movie to questions about Gerard’s love life and rumored hook-ups.

When asked about his rumored relationship with The Bounty Hunters co-star Jennifer Aniston, he joked, “We’re very much in love. Especially her.”

“I have an announcement: We’re actually going to tie the knot next Tuesday, or Wednesday, or Thursday… one of those days. Then Saturday I may marry Cameron Diaz. Joan Rivers will be the next weekend.” He went on, “Then I fill out applications for the next one because, you know, all (who) come (are) welcome.”

But just to make sure everyone knew he was just joking, he added, “It’s not true, just so you know.”

Watch Conan’s full interview with the adorable and handsome Gerard Butler below.

The ex-Hill’s star stopped by the “Tonight Show” with Conan O’Brien to talk about her new book L.A. Candy.

Conan admitted that he was a fan of the show and asked if that was weird. Lauren said that it wasn’t, that she is realizing that she has fans, men and women of all ages. She started to talk about some of her odd encounters that she has had with her crazy fans.

LC discussed a time when a crazed fan literally threw a baby at her. F.Y.I. babies do not ricochet.

Conan: So she threw her baby at you?
Lauren: But my back was to her, and it ricocheted off of me, and I was like-
Conan: Babies don’t ricochet!
Lauren: It did, though!
Conan: I have had two babies. They do not ricochet. They hit and slide.
Lauren: But I was moving. So it ricocheted.
Conan: That’s one of the stranger stories I’ve ever heard.
Larry David: I’d like to steal that story for my show!

Mel Gibson confirmed on the Tonight Show last night that he was indeed going to have another child. This would be number 8. So as Mel says “You can call me Octo-Mel?”

Having a child is supposed to be happy time in someones life, and Mel seems happy enough to be having a child with 40 year old Russian musician Oksana Grigorieva, but his seven others kids are not.

As I called it before, the kids, as well as Mel, are in the middle of a horrible divorce and they are rightfully worried about their inheritance.

A friend close to the couple told the National Enquirer:

“They’re furious with him and say they’re going to take steps to protect their inheritance, which they feel is in jeopardy.”

I hope everything turns out well because this looks like one messy situation.